Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27248965-20171007071507/@comment-27248965-20171007151917

I really don't understand why some players want the locations of evolved or final form Pokémon that desperately even if they can get the base form Pokémon very early on. Is evolving Pokémon really that hard? I don't think so, it might be tedious for some Pokémon, but definitely not too difficult that you would just rather catch the evolved form directly.

Prior to the journey on Mt. Craognos where you may come across wild Pidgeotto, you can already evolve your Pidgey into Pidgeotto or even Pidgeot. Hippopotas should also be ready to evolve by the time you reach Route 11 with sufficient training. Magby, Slugma and Numel should have evolved way before you gain access to Igneus Depths. So the point is: Why bother waiting for the evolved form Pokémon instead of evolving one yourself?